Buckle.



No. 837,657. PATENTED DEC. 4, 1906. W. A. BALDWIN.

BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10.1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4, 1906.

Application filed June 10, 1905. Serial No. 264,623.

To 11] whom it 711/101 concern: I

Be it known that I, WILMER. A. BALDWIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of East Orange, county of Essex, State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Buckles, of which the following is a s ecification.

The object I ave in view is the production of a buckle for use upon garments, and more particularly upon the back strap of trousers and Waistcoats and the side strap of trousers, the buckle being cheap to construct, of pleasing appearance, easily adjusted, and which will have all of the reliability of a tooth or prong buckle, but which will not injure the fabric such as a prong or tooth buckle will.

I attain these objects by the structure illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a buckle embodying my invention detached from its supports and the arm swung back and out of engagement with the base. Fig. 2 is a per- .spective view of the same buckle, but looking in a different direction and showing the arm. engaged with the base. Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the buckle in place and secured to the supporting fabric.

In all of the views like parts are designated by the same reference characters.

In carrying out my invention I provide a base I, preferably of sheet metal, rectangular in form and having a slot 2 for attachment to the loop 3 of the fabric, which is sewed to the garment. The base 1 is provided with ears 4, which are preferably integral and each of which is provided with an opening 5. The edge of the base opposite to the slot 2 is provided with a turned-over portion constituting a ledge 6. This ledge is 4 bent at somewhet less than a right angle, (see Fig. 3,) so as to form a sort of pocket 7.

In connection with the base is employed an arm 8, having lugs 9, which pass through the holes 5 and constitute a means for pivoting the arm. That portion of the arm carrying the lugs is bent at approximately a right angle to the other portion, the bent portion being curved at 10. The edge of the arm 11 adjacent to the lugs 9 is straight and without serrations. The other portion of the arm may be provided with an opening 12, which may with advantage be of considerable size. The metal surrounding the opening is curved in cross-section, as shown, so that the outside surface of the flap will have no sharp corners to injure the fingers of the person applying it.

The strap 13, which is to be ad usted, is passed around the ledge 6 and under the edge 11 of the arm. The free end of the strap may pass under the handle portion of the arm, as shown in Fig. 3, or, if desired, for greater security may pass through the opening 12.

The distanceof the edge 11 in advance of the lugs 9 is so adjusted that the edge will v bear against the strap 13 as oted and moves into place. The strap will thereby be compressed at this point and seeking to expand will pivot the arm, causing its handle end to engage with the strap. The edge 11 will lie adjacent to the pocket 7 and force a bight of the strap 13 into such pocket. The strap 13 will therefore be pulled against the edge of the ledge 6 and also the edge 11 of the arm, pivoting the latter the arm is piv- .and pinching the strap between the ledge and the fla Whatever portion of the strap 13 is in a( Vance of the edge 11 and behind the ledge 6 will be forced into the pocket 7.

The tendency of the buckle is to hold the strap with greater security by an increased ull upon it.

The buckle is particularly a plicable to satin or silk straps, which it wi 1 hold with great security and without injuring them, having no prongs or teeth, as is common in buckles which are liable to tear the delicate silk or satin fabric.

The straps may be adjusted within the buckle with great facility and ordinarily without the need of threading the free end of the strap through the opening 12.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A buckle having the following characteristics: a base of metal, rectangular in form and having a slot for attachment to the loop of the fabric which is sewed to the garment, the said base being provided with integral ears, each having an opening therein, the edge of the base opposite to the slot being provided with a turned-over portion constituting a ledge, which ledge is bent at somewhat less than a right angle so as to form a pocket, an arm having lugs which pass through the openings in the ears, that portion of the arm carrying the lugs being ent at approximately a right angle to the IIO other-portion, the bent portion being curved,

the edge of the arm adjacent to the lugs -being straight and without serrations and the other portion of the arm being provided with an opening, the metal surrounding the openin being curved in cross-section, substantia ly as described.

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JAnEs SKINNER, Jr.v GEo. W. LEACH.

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